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No. 7|3,639, Patented Nov. |8.I902.

' W. H. HERBERT.

PORTABLE STL.

(Application filed my 17, 1902.)

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WILLIAM HENRY HERBERT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PORTABLE STOO L.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 713,639, dated November 18, 1902.

Application filed May 17,1902. Serial No. 107,712. (No model T0 all whom t may con/cern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENRY HER- BERT, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Portable Stools, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in stools, and more particularly to portable stools.

The object of my invention is to provide a portable stool of a simple, neat, light, strong, durable, and economical construction capable of being packed in compact shape and readily carried, thus adapting the stool for camping or outing purposes as well as other or ordinary use.

My invention consistsin the means I employ to accomplish this object or result-that is to say, it consists in the novel construction of parts and devices and in the novel combinations of parts and devices herein shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a side elevation of a portable stool embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar View with the packing-bag removed. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the seat. Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the seat and base nested, the carryingbag being removed. Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing the stool in nested form in the carrying-bag. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views showing the sections of the standard. Fig. 8 is an enlarged central vertical section. Fig. 9 is an enlarged plan view of the base. Fig. 10 is a detail side elevation of one of the arms of the seat-frame. Fig. 11 is a detail view of the base-thimble.

In the drawings similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the figures.

In the drawings, A represents the central thimble of the base, the same consisting of a short section of steel tubing provided with four vertical slots ct near its lower end to receive the curved-hook-shaped tongues b of the base-legs B. The base-legs B are stamped out of sheet-steel and provided with upright shoulders b', which abut against the basethimble A. Between the projecting lower end or rim d' of the thimble A and the shoulder b2 of the tongues b a locking-thimble C,

consisting of a short section or ring of steel p tubing, is inserted, and a steel locking-ring D, having a slightly tapering or wedging eXterior, is forced inside the central thimble A down upon the curved tongues b, thus securely locking the sheet-steel legs B to the central thimble A. The legs B are braced and stiffened laterally or radially by sheetsteel braces E, having curved portions c, litting the thimble A, and arms e', which fit against the sides of the legs B and to which the same are secured by rivets e2. The legs B have at their outer ends tongues or projections 193, which are inserted through suitable openings in the circular sheet-steel feet or disks B of the base and by which said feet or disks are secured to the legs, the tongues b3 being upset or riveted.

F is the central thimble of the seat-frame,

the same being identical in construction with the base-thimble A, excepting that the vertical slots f are at its upper instead of at its lower end. The arms G of the seat-frame are of sheet-steel and of similar construction to the arms B of the base-frame andare provided with curved hook-tongues g, having shoulders g to engage the the locking-ring I-I, which is driven inside the central thimble F. At the lower end of said thimble F a lockingring H/ bears against lthe tongues g on the opposite side, securely locking the arms G in position in the central thilnble F. Sheet-steel braces K, having curved portions 7c to iit the thimble F, and fiat arms 7c', tting against the sides of the arms G and secured thereto by rivets k2, are provided for the seat-frame, similar to the sheet-steel bracesE ofthe braceframe. The lockingrings H and D also serve as stops, against which the ends of the sections M M of the telescoping standard abut. p

N is the seat, the same consisting, preferably, of a thin wood-veneer board furnished with suitable perforations, as is customary in wood-veneer seats. The seat-frame arms G have straight upper edges g2, upon which the seat N rests and by which, in part, the same is supported. The sheetsteel seatframe arms G are also furnished with notches or recesses g3 to receive the sheet-steel seat-supporting disks Gr. This causes said disks to be iiush with the edges g2 of the arms G. The

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nished with a gathering-cord p and a ring p',

through which the looped end of the gathering-cord may be inserted. The carrying-bag I5 VP is also furnished with a circular bindingcord P', slightly smaller in diameter than the thin veneer seat-board N, this cord being secured to the bag, so that when slipped or forced over the rim or the edge of the circular seat-board it will thus serve to keep the bag in position in relation to the seat. The locking-thimble O in exterior diameter corresponds to the tubular standard M M', so that when the telescoped standard is removed vfrom the thimbles A and F of the seat and base the locking-thimble C will fit within the thimble F, and thus secure the seat and base together, the latter in a reversed position. This will be readily understood from Fig. 8 A pair of flat steel springs R R' are preferably provided for holding the sections M M' of the standard when the stool is nested for carrying.

As in my invention the legs and arms of Ithe base and seat frames consist of sheet-steel pieces set edgewise and steel-tube thimbles firmly locked and braced together by the locking-rings and braces and as the sections of the steel-tube standard abut against the Alocking-rings, the stool as a whole is exceedingly strong and durable and capable of supporting a great weight, while at the same time it is exceedingly light and may be manufactured very cheaply and economically.

When used as a portable stool for camping or outing purposes, the carrying-bag is a convenience and is preferably applied over the seat, as illustrated in the drawings. When my stool, however, is used as an ordinary `stool' or for other than portable use, the carrying-bag may be omitted, and, if preferred, thesteel-tube standard may be made in one piece.

I claim- 1. Ina stool, the combination with a central steel thimble A having vertical slots a, sheetmetal legs B having hook-tongues b, lockingthimble C fitting in said thimble A and projecting beyond the lower end thereof, locking-ring D, sectional steel-tube standard M M', central seat-thimble F having vertical slots f, seat-supporting arms G having hook- 'tongues g, locking-rings H H', seat N, said locking-thimble C of the base fitting Within said central seat-thimble F when the standard is removed and the base reversed, substantially as specified.

2. In a stool, the combination with a central steel thimble A having vertical slots ct, sheetmetal legs B having hook-tongues b, lockingthimble C fitting in said thimble A and projecting beyond the lower end thereof, locking-ring D, sectional steel-tube standard M M', central seat-thimble F having vertical slots f, seat-supporting arms G having hooktongues c, locking-rings H H', seat N, said locking-thimble C of the base fitting within said central seat-thimble F when the standard is removed and the base reversed, said base-legs B having integral tongues at their lower ends and metal feet-disks B', substantially as specified.

3. In astool, the combination with a central steel thimble A having vertical slots a, sheetmetal legs B having hooked tongues b, locking-thimble C fitting in said thimble A and projecting beyond the lower end thereof, locking-ring D, sectional steel-tube standard M M', central seat-thimble F having vertical slots f, seat-supporting arms G having hooktongues g, locking-rings H H', seat N, said locking-thimble (lof the base fitting within said central seat-thimble F when the standard is removed and the base reversed, said seat-frame arms G having recesses gSand seatsupporting disks G', substantially as specified. y

4E. In astool, the combination witha central steel thimble A having vertical slots a, sheetmetal legs B having hook-tongues b, lockingthimble C fitting in said thimble A and projecting beyond the lower end thereof, locking-ring D, sectional steel-tube standard M M', central seat-thimble F, having vertical slots f, seat-supporting arms G having hooktongues g, locking-rings H H', seat N, said locking-thimble C of the base fitting within said central seat-thimble F when the standard is removed and the base reversed, and metal disks on the lower ends of said legs B and on the upper edges of said arms G, substantially as specified.

5. In a stool, the combination with a central thimble having vertical slots, of radial sheetmetal members having hook-tongues on their inner ends entering said slots and a lockingring fitting within the central .thimble and surrounding an'd embracing the shoulders of the hook-tongues of the radial sheet-metal members, said locking-ring fitting between said central thimble and said shoulders of said hook-tongues, substantially as specified.

6. In astool, the combination with a central thimble having vertical slots, of radial sheetmetal members having hook-tongues on their inner ends entering said slots, a locking-ring fitting. within the central thimble and surrounding and embracing the shoulders of the hooked tongues of the radial sheet-metal members, and a further locking-ring fitting within said thimble and bearin g against said tongues on the radial members, said hook-tongues fitting between said locking-rings, substantially as specified.

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7. In a stool, the combination with a central thimble having vertical slots, of radial sheetmetal members having hook-tongues on their inner ends entering said slots, a locking-ring tting Within the central thimble and surrounding and embracing the shoulders of the hook-tongues of the radial sheet-metal members, and a second locking-ring fitting Within said thimble and bearing against said tongues on the radial members, said radial members having tongues on their outer ends and fiat sheet-metal disks secured thereto and through Which said tongues are inserted and riveted, said hook-tongues fitting between said locking-rings, substantially as specified.

S. In a stool, the combination With a central thimble A, furnished with slots a, of sheet-metal legs B having hooked tongues b furnished with shoulders b2, of a locking-ring surrounding said shoulders and fitting Within the thimble, substantially as specified.

9. In a stool, the combination with a central thimble A, furnished with slots c., of sheetmetal legs B having hook-tongues b furnished with shoulders b2, of a locking-ring surrounding said shoulders and fitting Within the thimble and a locking-ring D fitting Within the thimble A and bearing against the tongues, substantially as specified.

10. In a stool, the combination with a central thimble A, furnished With slots at, of sheet-metal legs B having hook-tongues b furnished with shoulders b, of a locking-ring surrounding said shoulders and fitting Within the thimble, a locking-ring D fitting Within the thimble A and bearing against the tongues, and braces E having curved portions e fitting the thimble and flat arms c' secured to and uniting the legs B, substantially as specified.

11. The combination with a slotted thimble of radial members having hook-tongues fitting in the slots of the thimble and provided with shoulders bearing against the exterior of' the thimble and a locking-ring fitting Within the thimble and embracing the hook-tongues, substantially as specified.

12. The combination with a slotted thimble of radial members having hook-tongues fitting in the slots of the thimble and provided With shoulders bearing against the eX- q WILLIAM HENRY HERBERT.

Witnesses:

H. M. MUNDAY, A EDMUND AncocK. 

